Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant is out for the season with a torn labrum, the team announced Monday night.
The Grizzlies said Morant suffered the injury on Saturday and that an MRI revealed an “underlying tear.” He is set to undergo season-ending surgery.
The injury is the latest blow for Morant, whom the NBA suspended 25 games to start this season after he posed with a firearm in a car during a live-streamed video on May 13, 2023.
Morant returned Dec. 19 in New Orleans.
The No. 2 pick overall in the 2019 draft, 2020 NBA Rookie of the Year and 2022 Most Improved Player has been suspended for a combined 33 games since he first was caught flashing a gun on a social media live stream March 4.
He was averaging 25.1 points, 8.1 assists and 5.6 rebounds for the Grizzlies (13-23).
